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Daycare shut down for not having running water

A Milwaukee day care was temporarily shut down because there was no running water, and children could not properly wash their hands and toilets wouldn’t flush.

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Updated: 10:20 PM CST Nov 12, 2015

Daycare shut down for not having running water

A Milwaukee day care was temporarily shut down because there was no running water, and children could not properly wash their hands and toilets wouldn’t flush.

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Updated: 10:20 PM CST Nov 12, 2015

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WEBVTT ANY WATER FOR MORE THAN A DAY. TONIGHT, THE DAYCARE IS STILL LOCKED. A SIGN IS POSTED ON THE DOOR. THE OWNERS SAY THAT AS SOON AS THEY WERE AWARE THERE WAS A PROBLEM, THEY TOOK ACTION. IT HAD MAJOR MALFUNCTIONS AFTER TOILET AND SINGS WHEN THEIR WATER SUPPLY WAS CUT OFF. VANDALS STOLE PIPES NEARBY, AFFECTING THE WATER. THE OWNERS SAY THEY WERE AFFECTED THE MOST, AND HAVE HAD TO CLOSE THE CARE CENTER. WE WANT TO GET THE PLACE UP TO PAR. WE DON'T WANT KIDS HERE BEFORE WE SANITIZE THE PLACE UP TO OUR STANDARDS. THEY CONTACTED THE BUILDING OWNER YESTERDAY WHEN THE WATER WOULD NOT TURN ON. MEANWHILE, THEY HAD TO BORROW WATER TO HELP CHILDREN WASH THEIR HANDS. WE DID MAKE OTHER MEASURES TO GET PROPER WATER AND COULD WE HAD A GENTLEMAN HELP US WITH THAT SO THAT WE COULD HAVE A SITUATION -- SANITARY SITUATION FOR THE CHILDREN. PARENTS WERE CONCERNED THAT THE PARENTS -- STUDENTS WERE NOT ABLE TO USE PROPER HYGIENE AT THE CENTER. IT IS A TOUGH SITUATION. WE ARE AWARE OF THAT. WE APOLOGIZE FOR IT.

Daycare shut down for not having running water

A Milwaukee day care was temporarily shut down because there was no running water, and children could not properly wash their hands and toilets wouldn’t flush.